Saturdays are always interesting. I can't help but pray for the upcoming time together with other believers and those investigating who God is. So I pray for God's presence in the details, the moments, the prayers, the music, the teaching, the classes, the relationships. I ask God to intervene in the lives of people who are struggling in their faith and want to celebrate with those who have seen the work of God in their lives this past week.
Praying about what you speak on is crucial I believe. I was told as a volunteer with Youth For Christ many years ago that before you talk to someone about Jesus, make sure you talk to Jesus about that person. Before I speak from God's word, I want to make sure that I have spent time in God's presence and allowed Him to tweak my thoughts, notes, and heart before I let the words come out of my lips.
Not everyone will get up and give a sermon on a Sunday morning, but all of us can preach. We can preach with our lives and in our conversations. We can communicate the love of God in our everyday lives. We don't have to rely on the preacher to the be the one who introduces our family and friends to Jesus. We trust the Holy Spirit to use all of us as this beautiful message of God's love is shared with many.
Okay, now I am going to pray for you and for me. That we will be instruments of grace and authentic faith lived out before others. That we would have the opportunity to have conversations this week with those who need Jesus and that we would be sensitive to the Spirit's leading on what to say and how to say it.
Grace and peace,
Keith
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